Stencil.



No. 63l,634. Patented Aug. 22, I899.

A. HABERSTBOH.

STENCIL.

(Application filed June 16, 1899.) (No Model.)

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UNITED STATES I PATENT OFFICE.

ALBERT HABERSTROH, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

STENCIL.

SPECIFICATION forming partof Letters Patent No. 631 ,634, dated August22, I899.

A pncamn and June is, 1899.

To all whom it may concern-.-

Be it known that I, ALBERT HABERSTROH, a citizen of the United States,residing at Boston, in the county of Suffolk and State of Massachusetts,have invented new and useful Improvements in Stencils, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates. to improvements in perforated stencil-plates forthe purpose of stencilin g walls, ceilings, fabrics, &c., or othersurfaces for interior or other decorations; and it consists in a simpleand effective means for temporarily securing the stencil to the objectto be decorated, so as to cause such stencil to be held in close contacttherewith during the stenciling operation.

In decorating walls, ceilings, or other objects by means of a stencil, abrush, and suitable coloring material it usually requires the servicesof two operators-namely, one to hold the stencil against the object tobe decorated, while another applies the coloring material to the stenciland object to be decorated by means of the usual stencil-brush. By meansof my improved stencil I dispense with the services of one or moreassistants to hold the stencil in contact with the object to bedecorated, and by securing the stencil temporarily onto the wall,ceiling, 850., only one operator is required to do the work, thus savinga great amount in the cost of labor.

My invention is carried out as follows, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, wherein- Figure 1 represents a front elevation ofmy improved stencil-plate. Fig. 2 represents a cross-section on the line2 2, shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 represents a partial rear elevation of thestencil-plate, showing a portion of one of the gummed patches exposedthrough a perforation in the stencil-plate. Fig. 4 represents a partialfront elevation of a modified form of securing the stencil-plate to thewall or other object. Fig. 5 represents a rear view of Fig. 4, and Fig.6 represents a cross-section on the line 6 6, shown in Fig. 4.

Similar letters refer to similar parts wherever they occur on thedifferent parts of the drawings.

A represents a stencil-plate or sheet of any well-known material,provided with a suitable or desirable perforated or cut-away portionSerial No- 720,762- (No model.)

tral gummed portion (1 of the adhesive patches D to project through eachof said stencil perforations, as shown in Figs, 2 and 3. The saidpatches are preferably made from surgeons adhesive plaster, but may bemade of any other suitable adhesive material or substance, as may bedesired. The said patches are permanently attached to the face of thestencil around the margin of the perforations C and may be temporarilysecured to the wall or other object simply by pressing them against suchobject. By this arrangement the patches are always in sight, and theoperator is thus in position to know where to press the stencil againstthe wall, 8m. for the purpose of causing it to temporarily adherethereto preparatory to and during the stenciling operation. After thedesired surface has been stenciled or decorated the stencil may bereadily removed by taking hold .of it and pulling it away from suchsurface, and this is accomplished without causing the gummed patches tobe detached from the stencil on account of their being secured to thefront or face portion of the stencil, as hereinabove shown anddescribed.

In stenciling or decorating surfaces it is often desirable to place asolid detached portion A within a cut-away portion of the templet, asshown in Figs. 1 and 2, and such solid portion may be readily attachedto the wall, &c. by means of a similar gummed or adhesive patch Dcovering a perforation O in said detached portion of the design, asshown.

The invention is equally useful for stenciling and transferring letters,scrolls, borders,

or designs of whatever nature on any surface, fabric, or material, andmay also be employed for holding ties across cut-away portions where thedesign is complicated or delicate in its contour, configuration, oroutline.

In Figs. 4, 5, and 6 I have shown a modifi- IOO cation of the invention,and this is carried out by making two preferably parallel slits or slotsE E through the solid portion of the stencil and passing though suchslitted perforations a guinmed patch D, the ends of which are attachedto the front of the stencil, leaving the middle gummed portion (1exposed to the rear of the stencil, as shown, by means of which it mayreadily be temporarily attached to the wall, &c., on which the stencilis to be used during the process of stenciling or decorating walls, the.

Vhat I wish to secure by Letters Patent and claim is 1. A stencil,provided with a series of adhesive patches, secured to its front orface, and having a portion of the said adhesive patches exposed towardthe rear or back portion of the stencil, substantially as and for thepurpose set forth.

2. A stencil having a series of perforations O, 0, combined withadhesive patches D, I), attached to the front or face of the stencil ator around the margin of said perforations, so

as to cause the central or middle gumined portion of such patches to beexposed toward the rear of the stencil for the purpose of readilyattaching and holding the stencil in position relative to the object tobe decorated during the stenciling operation, substantially as hereinset forth and described.

A stencil having a series of perforations combined with adhesive patchessecured to the front or face of said stencil, in such a manner as tocover such perforations, and causing the central or middle gummedportion of such adhesive patches to be exposed toward the rear of thestencil, for the purpose of causing them to be temporarily attached tothe object to be decorated, substantially as and for the purpose setforth.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

ALBERT IIABERS'IROII. \Vitnesses:

ALBAN ANDRiEN, l\IARGARET E. DALEY.

